ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate fell in August as the area continued to see gains in the job market, according to new numbers from the Georgia Department of Labor. The metro area’s unemployment rate was 3.4% in August, down from 3.6% a year earlier. The rate is also seven-tenths of a percentage point below the national rate. Metro Atlanta had the seventh-lowest unemployment rate among Georgia metro areas. Gainesville had the lowest at 2.8%. Healthcare and social assistance saw the largest job gains in metro Atlanta over the past year, adding nearly 12,000 jobs. Professional and technical services saw the largest decline, followed by federal government jobs.
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